The LA Design Festival 2019 kicked off yesterday with an exhibition spotlighting the city's top talent. US editor Eleanor Gibson selects six local designers and studios from the showcase to watch.
INTRO/LA is an annual feature of the LA Design Festival, curated by American design agency Small Office to offer a platform to both emerging and established brands.
The 2019 event marks its fifth edition and for the first time focuses solely on the designers and studios that are forming part of Los Angeles' burgeoning design scene.
INTRO/LA is located in the city's former Terminal Market, which has been transformed into a trendy hub of shops and restaurants with called Row DTLA. It will run for the duration of the LA Design Festival 2019, which runs from 20 to 23 June. Here are our pick of six exhibitors shaping the city's design scene:

Another Human
Another Human's eye-catching booth comprises a blue velvet chair based on the fluid shapes found in Matisse's artworks and an "extraterrestrial chair" punctuated by an antenna-like frame.
The bizarre creations are the latest outputs from designer Leah Ring, who launched Another Human at the Sight Unseen exhibit during New York City's design week in 2017. Although New York kickstarted her studio, Ring has firmly established its roots in LA.

The Coast
Hong Kong-born Paul Chan founded his architecture and design studio The Coast in New York in 2018. He moved to Los Angeles this year in search of a slower pace of life.
His ...